Binary package “automake” in ubuntu maverick

A tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles

Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in's from
files called `Makefile.am'.
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The goal of Automake is to remove the burden of Makefile maintenance
from the back of the individual GNU maintainer (and put it on the back
of the Automake maintainer).
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The `Makefile.am' is basically a series of `make' macro definitions
(with rules being thrown in occasionally). The generated
`Makefile.in's are compliant with the GNU Makefile standards.
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Automake 1.11 fails to work in a number of situations that Automake
1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 and 1.10 did, so has been renamed so that the
previous version can continue to be made available.